- Date
- July 15, 1980
- Place
- Hobbs, NM · HOBBS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56MWSchleicher ASW-20
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800715026279A
- Case key
- 129399
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1810 80/7/15 HOBBS,NM SCHLEICHER ASW-20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2291 TIME - 1315 N56MW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBBS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 97 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AFT RELEASE FM TOW ACFT LOWERED NOSE TILL NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.RET N/WHEEL,CLOSED CANOPY,97DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56MW
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-20
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.